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High index of suspicion required when screening new entrants for tuberculosis
  1. Mathi Rasanesan
  1. Senior House Officer in Respiratory Medicine, Homerton University Hospital, UK
    ; mathir@doctors.org.uk

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Laifer G, Widmer AF, Simcock M, et al. TB in a low-incidence country: differences between new immigrants, foreign-born residents and native residents. Am J Med 2007;120:350–6.

In this Swiss study, the authors divided 385 patients with suspected tuberculosis (TB) into three groups: immigrants, foreign-born residents (from moderate- to high-incidence countries) and native residents. Immigrants displaying an abnormal chest radiograph on entry to the country were …

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